unstrung

Example Sentences

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By the time Gilgamesh sets out in search of immortality, he is already unstrung.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Mr. Fitzsimons, a recreational trapper, was also carrying a six-foot-long unstrung archery bow and a fur pelt draped across his neck.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

He also wore a fur pelt around his neck and carried an unstrung wooden archery bow.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

That is not to say it’s historically unstrung along the lines of “The Great” or “Bridgerton” or Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette”; generally speaking, it stays put within its period.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

He was looking very much like the unstrung self who had picked me up from the airport.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg